where did the roman catholic come from?

Question

where did the roman catholic church get it start

Answer 1

+ Catholic +

The Church has referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 AD (about 10 years after the last book of the New Testament was written), when the term appears in the Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans:

"Wherever the bishop appear, there let the multitude be; even as wherever Christ Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church."

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-smyrnaeans-hoole.html

We do not know how long they had been using the term "Catholic" before it was included in this letter.

All of this was long before the Council of Nicea and the Nicene Creed from 325 A.D. which states, "We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church."

+ Roman +

The term "Roman" Catholic is rather recent.

The new Anglican Church in England started using the term “Roman” in the 1500s as one of many ways of demeaning and demonizing Catholics.

Catholics accepted this late coming adjective without too much protest. Today “Catholic” and “Roman Catholic” are interchangeable terms. Both terms are even used in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

To add a little more confusion, some apply the term “Roman Catholic Church” only to the Latin Rite Catholic Church, excluding the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same Church, under the Pope.

The term “Roman” neither increases nor decreases the faith, hope and love of the Catholic Church.

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 2

It got the "roman" from the fact that the head of the church was stationed in rome (not always) and still is today.

It depends on whether you mean catholic or Catholic. There is a difference. catholic (with a small c) is what it really is. That means "universal" meaning for everyone, everywhere. Catholic (with a capital C) came out of the Protestant Reformation and the split with the "English" church.

Answer 3

The Roman Empire...as in Nero...as in the Pagans that were occupying Jerusalem when Jesus came...as in the guys who destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD.

"Christianity" is a name the Romans gave to a fast growing Jewish sect who were claiming the Christ/Messiah had come and delivered a message of salvation. This Jewish sect and its teachings grew like wildfire in the first 100 years after Jesus came...a serious threat to the Pagan Empire.

However like all Jewish "texts" the Gospel of Jesus was an oral message (no reading and writing required). The Romans required written instructions in fact that's exactly what the Jews were doing that upset Jesus so much...they were translating the Torah into Latin for their Roman rulers (selling out God's religion). In 330 the Pagan Roman Empire was ready to conquer this threat they called "Christianity" and they did. They tried to kill it but instead used their other favorite tactic...they adopted it and changed it (through written texts and their monopoly on power) into THEIR religion...the HOLY Roman Empire.

The catholic Church is really just a continuation of Caesar's or more accurately Nero's Rome. The "emperor" became the "pope" and they went on to raise new empires and conquer the world...it has NOTHING to do with God or His message.

Answer 4

Officially it started in the early 300's AD when the Roman Emperor Constantine proclaimed that he and his army will be Christian. Near the end of the 300's AD the government of Rome proclaimed that the entire Roman Empire would be Christian. They proclaimed that they would spread the message of the "Universal Chruch"...Catholic means universal. That is the simplified version.

Answer 5

The Roman church come from Rome, Christianity did not.

Answer 6

The Catholic Church started with Jesus when He gave the keys to the kingdom of heaven to Peter, "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Matt 16: 18 & 19.

God bless and take care.

Answer 7

Jesus was crucified for opposing the Jewish high Priest who wore long robes and religious hats and made the people pay for turtle dove and rams & etc . for sin sacrifices,
Jesus turned over the money changers tables at the synagogue for making Gods House a a place of business.
he scolded the Scribes and Pharisees for wanting the praise and honor of men and the best seats in the Church...

with that in mind is it ironic how the Catholic church is today?

Answer 8

IT was the first church.... unfortunately it was not a good thing. The priests were the only ones that could read the Bible because of cost of printing and they told the people what they had to do to go to heaven... this included money and such. When more Bibles became published and more people began reading, they saw the priests lied so many parts of the church broke off into new churches and that's why we have so many today.. I learned this in a very lengthy History class in College

Answer 9

Jesus Christ and His Disciples. Jesus told Peter he would be the rock that He would build His Church on. Peter went to Rome and was Martyred there, as were many other Christians. This was the beginning of the Church.

Answer 10

From what I understand it was originally started by Peter when he fled Jerusalem... in Rome, funnily enough.